The Kyoorius-D&AD jury featured an internationally acclaimed panel including stalwarts like Chris Baylis, Gigi Lee, Josy Paul and Raj Kamble among others.

The state government recognises Kochi Muziris Biennale as Kerala's biggest crowd puller that lures art and culture enthusiasts across the globe and was determined to conserve the valuable cultural diversity and communal harmony that makes Kerala, Tourism minister, Kadakampalli Surendran, said.

"The film is the perfect depiction of what Kerala wants to convey to rest of the world regarding its social well being", he added.

The film is considered as the beginning of Kerala's strategic move in positioning the state as an art and cultural hub, hence, linking it with a host of festivals across a spectrum of arts.

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